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Primary tumors

Tumors occurring in the brain include:

• Astrocytoma
• Pilocytic astrocytoma
• Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor
• Oligodendrogliomas
• Ependymoma
• Glioblastoma multiforme
• Mixed gliomas
• Oligoastrocytomas
• Medulloblastoma
• Retinoblastoma
• Neuroblastoma
• Germinoma
• Teratoma

Secondary tumors and non-tumor lesions

Secondary or metastatic brain tumors originate from malignant tumors (cancers) located primarily in other organs

• Lung cancer
• Skin cancer
• Malignant melanoma
• Hypernephroma
• Breast cancer
• Colon carcinoma

WHO* classification of primary brain tumors according to histology and grade (uptodate)

Astrocytic tumors

• Pilocytic astrocytoma
• Diffuse astrocytoma
• Anaplastic astrocytoma
• Glioblastoma

Oligodendroglial and oligoastrocytic tumors

• Oligodendroglioma
• Anaplastic oligodendroglioma
• Oligoastrocytoma
• Anaplastic oligoastrocytoma
• Glioblastoma with oligodendroglioma component

Ependymal tumors

• Subependymoma
• Myxopapillary ependymoma
• Ependymoma
• Anaplastic ependymoma

Choroid plexus tumors

Choroid plexus papilloma Choroid plexus carcinoma

Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumors

• Ganglioglioma
• Central neurocytoma
• Filum terminale paraganglioma
• Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET)

Pineal parenchymal tumors

• Pineocytoma
• Pineoblastoma

Embryonal tumors

• Medulloblastoma
• Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET)
• Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor

Malignant brain tumors:anaplastic astrocytoma, anaplastic ependymoma, anaplastic oligoastrocytoma, anaplastic oligodendroglioma, atypical clear cell chordoidchoroid plexus carcinoma, diffuse astrocytoma, Ganglioglioma, glioblastoma with oligodendroglioma component, glioblastoma.Oligodendroglioma, Medulloblastoma, oligoastrocytoma, Pilocytic astrocytoma, pineoblastoma, supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET),atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor

Benign tumors:Choroid plexus papilloma,central neurocytoma, dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET), ependymoma, filum terminale paraganglioma, Meningiomamyxopapillary ependymoma, Pineocytoma, Subependymoma

Primary tumors

Astrocytic tumors: Pilocytic astrocytoma, diffuse astrocytoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma.

Oligodendroglial and oligoastrocytic tumors:Oligodendroglioma, anaplastic oligodendroglioma, oligoastrocytoma, anaplastic oligoastrocytoma, glioblastoma with oligodendroglioma component.

Ependymal tumors: Subependymoma, myxopapillary ependymoma, ependymoma, anaplastic ependymoma.

Choroid plexus tumors: Choroid plexus papilloma, choroid plexus carcinoma.

Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumors: Ganglioglioma, central neurocytoma, filum terminale paraganglioma, dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET).

Pineal parenchymal tumors: Pineocytoma, pineoblastoma.

Embryonal tumors: Medulloblastoma, supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET), atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor.

Meningeal tumors: Meningioma, atypical clear cell chordoid, rhabdoid, papillary, or anaplastic (malignant). Secondary tumors and non-tumor lesions

Lung cancer, skin cancer, malignant melanoma, hypernephroma, breast cancer, colon carcinoma.

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